PTO treasurer charged with embezzlement

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Oct 10, 2013 at 5:00 PM

By Don Reiddwreid@aol.comCOLDWATER — The treasurer of the Jennings Elementary Parent Organization in Quincy turned herself in Tuesday to face charges of embezzlement of $8,000 of the organization’s funds.Shannon Goheen, 42 , of Litchfield was freed after posting 10 percent of the $5,000 bond set by Branch County District Judge Brent Weigle.According to the probable cause affidavit, JPO President Suzanne Crabbs noticed irregularities in the JPO accounts and began to monitor them. She found unauthorized ATM withdrawals between June 2012 and Sept. 17.Michigan State Police investigators obtained video surveillance of the withdrawals, which showed Goheen taking the money.Goheen did not deny taking the money — but claimed she was under the effects of medication and did not realize what she was doing.A preliminary examination for the Michigan Department of Corrections employee was scheduled Oct. 21 on the 10-year felony.